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Newcastle upon Tyne

Welcome intrepid universe explorers! Are you ready for an out-of-this-world adventure? Dust off your moon boots as Mr Mulligan prepares to launch the first Geordies into space at brand new space-themed, adventure golf venue. Enjoy out-of-this-world...

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Historic House / Palace

North Tyneside

From the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site and stunning coastal castles to spiritual priories, grand gardens and intriguing hidden gems, English Heritage in North East England can offer so many great places to visit for a summer day out.

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Museum

Newcastle upon Tyne

See a large-scale, interactive model of Hadrian's Wall, major new displays showing the wonder of the animal and plant kingdoms, spectacular objects from the Ancient Greeks and mummies from Ancient Egypt, a planetarium and a life-size T-Rex.

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Eating Out

Newcastle upon Tyne

Visit the oldest purpose built restaurant in the UK! Blackfriars Restaurant and Parlour Bar is an award-winning restaurant and heritage site located in a 13th century Friary, once inhabited by the ‘Black Friars’ of Newcastle.

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Gallery

Gateshead

Housed in a landmark industrial building on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, BALTIC is the biggest gallery of its kind in the world - presenting a dynamic, diverse and international programme of contemporary visual art.

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Activity Centre

South Shields

Laserforce offers you the ultimate laser tag game. Using our new laser tag packs (brand new in March 2016), you try to score points by shooting your opponents. You can deactivate other players for a short time and you can even earn extra points by...

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Garden

Alnwick

The Alnwick Garden is one of the most exciting contemporary gardens on earth. A garden for gardeners with a design that looks to the future. It's a stunning attraction and a floral wonderland. But this isn't just an attraction for keen...

Newcastle City Tours offer you the safest and most convenient way of exploring Newcastle and the surrounding area. Tours are designed specifically to ensure that on every stop you visit a place of interest, unique to Newcastle and Northumbria.

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Watersports Centre

Whitley Bay

Get salty at Cullercoats Bike & Kayak. We’re ready and waiting for your next seaside adventure. Explore the coves, caves and beaches of Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth and beyond. We can hire you a bike, kayak or stand up paddleboard (SUP for...

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Adventure Sport Centre

Newcastle upon Tyne

Climb Newcastle is Newcastle's dedicated indoor climbing centre in Byker, close to the City Centre, offering climbing for kids and adults of all abilities with 3 floors of climbing facilities, a shop and cafe in a refurbished swimming pool

NewcastleGateshead attracts some the biggest names in music, as well as having a fantastic underground scene of local musicians. Check out some of our amazing venues and enjoy live music almost every day of the week.

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Follow our Hollywood-style Walk of Fame along the Quayside and meet some of NewcastleGateshead's most inspiring people from the past 60 years.

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The vibrant capital of North East England is the place to come for dazzling culture and superb shopping, thrilling sport, great places to eat and - its not just us that say it - one of Europe's best nights out! And it's all served up with a hearty helping of our famous Geordie friendliness, from the moment our iconic Angel of the North welcomes you - literally - with open arms.

NewcastleGateshead offers everything from world-class culture, vibrant nightlife, award winning dining and much more! Minutes away from coast and countryside you can go from relaxing at the coast to soaking up world-class; from getting back in-touch with nature at a woodland retreat to shopping ‘till you drop at Europe’s largest indoor shopping and leisure complex, we guarantee that ‘boring’ - that awful little word - will slip quietly from your vocabulary while you’re far too busy to even notice.

It’s rare to find anywhere so diverse that amazes visitors at every turn with its dialogue between ultra-modern and ancient, urban and rural, tradition and innovation and the world-class and well-known with all that is local, unique, unspoiled and full of character. World-class culture, vibrant nightlife, award-winning dining, inspiring heritage, fantastic shopping and acclaimed architecture are linked here, as nowhere else, by the famous Northern spirit which unites our unique region.

Music, Film And Theatre?

With Newcastle’s Theatre Royal (regional home to the Royal Shakespeare Company) and the Sunderland Empire providing world-class theatre to suit all tastes from West End productions to esoteric drama. Live Theatre produces work as varied and diverse as its audiences and Northern Stage is a world-class venue for theatre making.

Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena and The Sage Gateshead attract big name performers and underground acts alike with their versatile performance spaces, whilst film-buffs are more than catered for with Metrocentre’s state-of-the-art ODEON IMAX screens as well as Newcastle’s smaller independent cinemas such as the Tyneside Cinema.

Arts And Culture?

Gateshead’s BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art with its rolling programme of exhibitions is the biggest gallery of its kind in the world – an organisation whose ethos and mere existence captures NewcastleGateshead’s passion for culture which began, arguably, with Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North. It’s also worth checking out the huge variety of public art walks in the region’s towns, cities, coast and countryside as well as the wide range of smaller galleries across the area.

History And Heritage?

In the heart of Newcastle City Centre the Castle Keep, one of the country’s finest examples of a Northern Keep, hints at the region’s thousands of years of heritage in contrast to the neo-classical architecture of Grainger Town, with Grey Street winning Academy of Urbanism’s Great Street Award 2010. Attractions such as 2,000 year old Tynemouth Priory and Hadrian’s Wall confirm the region’s rich past and complement the offering of museums such as the newly refurbished and extended Great North Museum or take a tour through the fascinating Victoria Tunnel, which runs directly under the city.

Sun, Sea And Sand?

Although we can’t promise there’ll always be sun, we guarantee you’ll be impressed by our stunning coastline which, studded with some of the country’s best beaches, provides the perfect setting for a summer day at the seaside or a refreshing autumnal stroll. In 2010, all of Tynemouth's Beaches were awarded prestigious Blue Flag status..

Shopping?

NewcastleGateshead is well-known for its excellent shopping provided by Eldon Square, the UK’s largest city centre shopping complex, and the Intu Metrocentre, Europe’s largest indoor shopping and leisure complex. Paired with the range of boutiques lining High-Bridge Street and scattered throughout fashionable suburbs like Jesmond, as well as the quaint and quirky markets of Tynemouth and Armstrong Bridge in Jesmond, NewcastleGateshead is a shopaholic’s dream!

Eating And Drinking?

Our brilliant nightlife is a point we needn’t labour, and you won’t be short of surprising places to eat, drink and be merry during the daytime too – whether it's dining out, calling into a cosy bar or being spotted in a cutting-edge club, NewcastleGateshead and its surroundings provide a feast of choice. For something a little different why not try Blackfriars restaurant which, housed in a historic friary in Newcastle City Centre, is believed to be the oldest restaurant in the country.

World-Class Events?

NewcastleGateshead host all sorts of exciting events throughout the year. EAT! NewcastleGateshead is a food festival with a difference. Quirky, imaginative and of course delicious, EAT! proves that food festivals aren’t exclusively for connoisseurs. Sunderland Airshow, the biggest free event of its kind in Europe, never fails to amaze kids and grown-ups alike with jaw-dropping flying displays from the Red Arrows, Enchanted Parks sees Gateshead’s beautiful Saltwell Park transformed into an intriguing winter wonderland whilst Juice, NewcastleGateshead’s award-winning festival for children and young people, hosts all sorts of wild and wonderful events for babies, children and teenagers... and it keeps the parents entertained too!